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Conversations in the New Year
Keep a look out in the new year for a set of conversations around the theme of Wellbeing produced in collaboration with Tracey Collins SWP Wellbeing Officer.
Advent Conversations
We have produced a set of five themes in the Connexional material produced for advent on the theme 'Gifted'. Their titles are You are a gift, The orange in the stocking, Give hope, With love from God and The best Gift. To access these please go to the members area. If...
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Conversations in the New Year
Keep a look out in the new year for a set of conversations around the theme of Wellbeing produced in collaboration with Tracey Collins SWP Wellbeing Officer.
Advent Conversations
We have produced a set of five themes in the Connexional material produced for advent on the theme 'Gifted'. Their titles are You are a gift, The orange in the stocking, Give hope, With love from God and The best Gift. To access these please go to the members area. If...
Faith-Rooted Community Organising
Conversation Summary Extracts from an interview with Deacon Kerry Scarlett, Faith-Rooted Community Organising Officer with the Connexional Social Justice and Social Action Team, provided the stimulus for our conversation. Kerry introduced us to 'Faith-Rooted Community...
Bible Month
Our theme was taken from the Bible Month materials – we looked at John Chapter 1 and considered Identity, with resources written by Ruth and used at our Cake and Conversation meeting at Mint Methodist Church. The conversation went far and wide and raised...
What are you hearing?
Stimulus pieces: Conversation 7 of Glimpsing God by John Edward Southall News by Emily Dickinson The singularity of shells by Luci Shaw The contributions began with the observation that hearing is different to listening. There is often noise in the background of our...
Mental Health Awareness
As May was mental health (MH) awareness month, it seemed fitting to have this as our topic of conversation at the last community meeting. Before our conversation, we were reminded of the importance to reach out for support during or after the conversation if this was...
Blame!
To a soundtrack of “Blame”, by ABC (https://genius.com/Abc-blame-lyrics), the conversation was stimulated further by readings from Genesis relating to the fall, and Isaiah, and a thought provoking poem “Friday Morning” by Sydney Carter (1915-2004). ...
Meeting together Encouraging one Another
We chose two topics to reflect and have our Peer Mentoring conversation on. The first of these was House Groups and how TC can be used, specifically the use of ground rules. An example was given from someone who had received feedback saying that a particular group...
Hope is Coming
On 12th March, 2025, our conversation was led by Chris. The initial stimuli included the Greek myth of Pandora’s box, pictures of spring and poems about snowdrops and hope. Those attending were encouraged to think about their favourite seasons, how they prepare...
Pondering
Conversation Summary ‘Pondering’ Report on TC conversation 26.2.25 Our conversation on 26th February was facilitated by Sarah, using an abridged version of materials created for one of a five-part series. We were shown images and texts about ‘pondering,’ and asked:...